Nursing Assignment
APNs as Healthcare Policy Leaders
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the healthcare policy of the APN profession and how Transformational Leadership can help to influence policy changes. This week’s assignment focuses on the APN as a Health Policy Leader, one of the nine NONPF NP competencies. Students will analyze how health policy may affect NP practice and how Transformational Leadership can help to influence policy changes.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Critically analyze how healthcare systems and APRN practice are organized and influenced by ethical, legal, economic, and political factors (CO2)
2. Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of advanced practice nursing in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings (CO3)
3. Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice (CO4)
Preparing the Discussion
Criteria for Content
· Explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession
· Explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse’s role
· Discuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect they may have on influencing policy change
· A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each week.
| Category | Points | % | Description |
| DISCUSSION CONTENT | |||
| Explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession | 25 | 25% | Research healthcare policy for APNs on a state and national level and the impact on the APN profession |
| Explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse’s role | 25 | 25% | Describe advocacy in healthcare terminology.
Discuss how advocacy is an essential role of the APN and its impact on patient care. |
| Discuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect it may have on influencing policy change | 25 | 25% | Define Transformational leadership.
Discuss how Transformational Leadership may affect influencing policy change |
| DISCUSSION FORMAT | |||
| 4 Required Elements:
· Responds a minimum of two other posts to peers and/or faculty in the threaded discussion; · Responses to peer/faculty are substantive (adds importance, depth, and meaningfulness to the discussion) · Responds to all direct questions from faculty (if no question asked directly, student responded to questions posed to the entire class) · Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week. The summary could be included in one of the three minimum posts. |
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| Grammar, Syntax, Spelling, & Punctuation | 5 | 5% | Grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation are accurate. |